When ammonia drops but not nitrite and other cycling issues

[enricosonic]

Thank you, no

 

[Rocky998]

Thank you, no

Oh ok... Thought it would help cause the colors are more defined

 

[enricosonic]

I know you’re trying to help, thanks.

I’ll give it another 24-48 hours and see what’s up.

 

[Rocky998]

Its ok. Im sorry if I came across weird... Its been a long and tiring day on the forum with some things...

Sounds good man!

 

[enricosonic]

Tonight's readings after I dosed ammonia very early this morning, to achieve 3-4 ppm.

 

[Rocky998]

Tonight's readings after I dosed ammonia very early this morning, to achieve 3-4 ppm.

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Looks to be around 2-3ppm ammonia... And it looks to be 0.25 nitrites... You'll get there eventually!

 

[enricosonic]

Looks to be around 2-3ppm ammonia... And it looks to be 0.25 nitrites... You'll get there eventually!

I see ammonia as around 1 ppm-ish and nitrites dropped big time; I see it as between 0-.25. Nitrate between 10-20 ppm.

My eyes are older than yours but look at when I really isolate the colors we're discerning :

 

[Rocky998]

I see ammonia as around 1 ppm-ish and nitrites dropped big time; I see it as between 0-.25. Nitrate between 10-20 ppm.

My eyes are older than yours but look at when I really isolate the colors we're discerning :

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Yah thats around 1-2... Sorry the first pic made the ammonia seem darker.

 

[enricosonic]

Yah thats around 1-2... Sorry the first pic made the ammonia seem darker.

It'd be nice, and I certainly don't mean necessary, if there were a bit more blank white space between the color rows. Sometimes a nearby hue can influence one's perception of a neighboring hue.

 

[Rocky998]

It'd be nice, and I certainly don't mean necessary, if there were a bit more blank white space between the color rows. Sometimes a nearby hue can influence one's perception of a neighboring hue.

What I do is I take the seperate card in the box of the kit and I put the vile against it and bring the color card as close to the vile as possible.

 

[enricosonic]

What I do is I take the seperate card in the box of the kit and I put the vile against it and bring the color card as close to the vile as possible.

Rocky you strike me as a kid who wouldn't want to misspell or misunderstand a term or word. So "vial" or test tube is what we use as (amateur) water chemists. Vial, not vile. Very different meaning.

 

[Rocky998]

Rocky you strike me as a kid who wouldn't want to misspell or misunderstand a term or word. So "vial" or test tube is what we use as (amateur) water chemists. Vial, not vile. Very different meaning.


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Oops LOL... Ive never messed that up in my journals or anything thanks

 

[enricosonic]

GH/KH kit arrived. GH is 53.7 - took 3 drops to change and then the chart gives that figure. KH I cannot get a reading. No amount of drops changes the color. These are figures from the tank water. From the tap I get a KH reading similar to GH if not closer to 70 ppm. Should I add baking soda and or do a water change?

The water parameters are getting dialed in otherwise. Today ammonia is down to about 1 ppm, slightly less perhaps. Nitrite is at 0 and nitrate is between 20-40 ppm.

Thanks

 

[Essjay]

Are they the API testers? What colour is the water after adding the first KH drop?

You can do whichever you feel happier doing. A large water change will replenish the KH to near tap level, but you may need to do more if the level drops again. Baking soda is easier than a water change, but you may prefer not to add something that's not found naturally in water.

 

[enricosonic]

Are they the API testers? What colour is the water after adding the first KH drop?

You can do whichever you feel happier doing. A large water change will replenish the KH to near tap level, but you may need to do more if the level drops again. Baking soda is easier than a water change, but you may prefer not to add something that's not found naturally in water.

Yes, I forgot to mention - the API test. After one drop it is the palest of blue, then with each subsequent drop it darkens. I don’t mind doing a water change I just wondered if it will interrupt the cycle or something, which to a novice like me, appeared to be near completion.